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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






2. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






3. What does DASH stand for?






4. The higher the BMR a client has --






5. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






6. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






7. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






8. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






9. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






10. How many calories/gram is protein?






11. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






12. What is normal albumin levels?






13. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






14. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






15. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






16. What is the function of vitamin E?






17. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






18. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






19. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






20. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






21. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






22. What function is vitamin A?






23. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






24. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






25. What foods have high quality protein?






26. Where can you get more vitamin D?






27. What is RDA of protein?






28. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






29. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






30. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






31. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






32. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






33. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






34. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






35. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






36. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






37. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






38. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






39. Sources of fats






40. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






41. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






42. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






43. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






44. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






45. What function is vitamin D?






46. What type of people need extra protein?






47. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






48. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






49. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






50. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?